Oh boy. Plastics? Well, we need less of those anyways (and maybe actually recycle them?). Pharmaceuticals? Yeah, that's a BIG problem! Maybe manufacture them in smaller factories locally. As for fertilizer? Let's see... #Urea, #nitrogen and #ammonia -- all can come from urine! And sulphur? Grow more garlic and onions rather than use oil production byproducts. WTF!

"Around 30% of fertilizer products go through the Strait of Hormuz. Quatar is the world’s biggest producer of urea, a key input to fertiliser manufacture. The region also produces around 35% of the urea and 23% of the ammonia, another feedstock for nitrogenous fertiliser, which is exported globally. Sulphur, another component of fertiliser manufacture, is also produced in the region as a by-product of oil production."

https://northwestbylines.co.uk/news/war/the-hormuz-dry-run-life-without-oil-and-petrochemicals/

#USPol #WorldPol #PeakOil #LimitsToGrowth #Petrochemicals #LifeBeyondOil #BeyondOil #BigAg #RegenerativeAgriculture #SolarPunkSunday #LtG

Diversification Strategies of Arab Economies

Dependence on a single source of income makes a national economy fragile, particularly if that source involves non-renewable resources.

https://themiddleeastleaders.com/diversification-strategies-of-arab-economies/

#themiddleeastleaders, #EconomicDiversification, #ArabEconomies, #BeyondOil, #SustainableGrowth

Interesting Fully Charged podcast with Tim Smedley, author of _Clearing the Air_:

https://fullycharged.show/podcasts/podcast-36/

Invisible nanoparticles from high-efficiency gas cars contribute to cardiovascular problems (and asthma of course).

Also, energy embedded in oil economy: terawatts of electricity are used to refine oil, and 1/3 of oil is used to transport oil.
#BeyondOil #Cardiovascular